Colony life history of the tropical arboreal ant, Cephalotes goniodontus De Andrade, 1999.

ABSTRACT: Arboreal ants are ecologically important in tropical forests, but there are few studies using DNA markers to examine their population and colony structure. Colonies of the arboreal turtle ant Cephalotes goniodontus create trail networks through the canopy of the tropical forest, in dense vegetation where it is difficult to determine how long a nest is used and how neighboring colonies partition space. We monitored 53 nest sites for up to six years and, using seven microsatellite markers, genotyped samples of workers collected at or near 41 nests over 1-4 years. We calculated average relatedness within samples collected at a given location, and between samples collected at the same location in successive years, and performed pedigree analysis to predict the number of queens that prod

SUBMITTER: Butler IAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11401787 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature